Martin Scorsese’s contractor accused of stiffing building materials company $18G during home renovation

The Scorseses' reps did not immediately comment. Smith Restoration could not immediately be reached. (Rich Fury/Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

You lookin' to stiff me?

After "Taxi Driver" director Martin Scorsese renovated his $12.5 million Lenox Hill townhouse, the contractor stiffed a supplier on $18,000 in building materials, new court papers allege.

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And now the supplier wants the Hollywood icon to sell his Upper East Side home to help settle the bill.

Martin Scorsese and his wife, Helen Morris Scorsese, hired Brooklyn-based Smith Restoration, Inc. in August 2014 to do work on their home, located on E. 64th St. between Lexington and Park Aves., according to a summons filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Extech provided Smith Restoration $18,036.87 in supplies until construction wrapped in May 2015.

When Extech didn't get paid by June of that year, the company got a lien over the debt — which has been extended several times.

The New York City home of Martin Scorsese is shown on May 2, 2018. (Marcus Santos/New York Daily News)

Extech claims it still hasn't gotten its money — and is now asking for the Scorseses' property "be sold as provided by law and that the proceeds of such sale be used to pay Plaintiff the amount of its Lien with interest and the expenses of said sale."

Smith Restoration could not immediately be reached.

The Real Deal reported that Scorsese bought his 10-room, five-story home for $12.5 million in 2008.

Their lawyer, Steven Hochberg, insisted they are caught in the middle of a billing issue – and will "pursue all legal remedies" if it's not resolved.

"This is a dispute between a contractor and a material supplier which names Mr. Scorsese only because he is the owner of the property where materials were allegedly supplied," Hochberg said in a statement. "Mr. Scorsese fulfilled all of his obligations under his contract with Smith, and paid Smith in full, but allegedly Smith failed to pay the material supplier."